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Streptococcus A bacterial infections

Streptococcus A bacterial infections

Posted: Wed May 03, 2017 3:52 pm

by CielOnTap

While strep A can be involved in flesh-eating disease and sore throats, the bacteria can also cause the loss of digits (fingers, toes) and limbs or parts thereof.Individuals may not know they are experiencing a strep A infection and even healthcare teams may dismiss symptoms if persons do not know the cause of their unwellness.

Recent cases in Ontario, Canada involving strep A and two persons:

While Nicole was recovering, Knapp was forwarded an article by The News about 11-year-old Mississauga girl Nupur Mate. The girl had parts of her left arm and right leg amputated earlier this year after complications from a streptococcus A bacterial infection.

The similarities were shocking to Knapp, and he told his wife about it. Speaking to her generosity of spirit, she told him she wants to reach out to Mate to talk and share her support.

From my readings on gut health, strep A can be an issue if healthy bacteria counts are low and bad bacteria multiply in great numbers. I do not know how emergency departments can spot check persons who may be infected. The article does not indicate if the adult knew what caused her strep A infection after she received the correct diagnosis on a return hospital visit.

Re: Streptococcus A bacterial infections

Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2017 1:51 pm

by CielOnTap

Why people who have floodwaters are cautioned to be careful while travelling in floodwaters-the threat of bacteria causing them ill health from waters containing all sorts of stuff including sewage . For one US woman after a recent hurricane, flesh-eating disease claimed her life.

According to Houston health officials, a Texas woman died earlier this month after suffering from a flesh-eating infection from Hurricane Harvey floodwaters, The Washington Post reported.

The Houston Chronicle reported Houston native Nancy Reed, 77, contracted a fatal bacterial skin infection after falling into dirty floodwater in her son’s home — cutting open her arm, the report said.

The Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences said Reed died Sept. 15 of necrotizing fasciitis, “complicating blunt trauma of an upper extremity.” Her death is now the 36th fatality in the United States in connection to Hurricane Harvey, according to the Houston Chronicle.

“It’s tragic,” David Persse, a physician and director of Houston’s EMS and Public Health Authority, told the newspaper earlier this week. “This is one of the things we'd been worrying about once the flooding began, that something like this might occur. My heart goes out to the family.”

Re: Streptococcus A bacterial infections

Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2018 3:48 pm

by CielOnTap

Streptococcus can behind many health conditions and according to the Medical Medium, Anthony William, streptococcus can gain strength as you get older. Ensuring one's diet has attention can strengthen one's body against streptococcus and also improve one's microbiome or gut flora.

For most people, streptococcus first appears when they are young. It might be passed on from a mother, father, another child, or even a place, such as a public restroom. You might’ve been diagnosed with strep throat as a child, or experienced sore throats that were signs of often undiagnosed strep in the system. Strep in young children can also manifest as chronic ear infections and tonsilitis. While buzzing, ringing, popping in the ears or hearing loss are symptoms of Epstein-Barr virus, chronic ear infections typically indicate strep. It is also important to note that strep is a favored cofactor of Epstein-Barr.